Monday May 24th, 2021
This week(of Monday May 24th, 2021) the SOCAN Awards https://www.socanfoundation.ca (SOCAN Foundation fosters, sustains, and promotes the creation of Canadian music) is honouring 24 visionaries for the roles they played in boosting made-in-Canada content nationally and internationally. Those names are: Terry Brown, Canadian Independent Record Production Association co-founder, Paul Clinch, Canadian Independent Record Production Association co-founder, Frank Davies, Love Productions / Canadian Independent Record Production Association co-founder, Don DiNovo, Lighthouse, Bob Ezrin, Nimbus 9 / Canadian Independent Record Production Association co-founder, Bernie Finkelstein, True North Records / Canadian Independent Record Production Association co-founder, Tommy Graham, Canadian Independent Record Production Association co-founder, Walt Grealis, RPM Magazine, Greg Hambleton, Canadian Independent Record Production Association co-founder, Kelly Jay, Crowbar, Pierre Juneau, CRTC chairman, Stan Klees, RPM Magazine / Canadian Independent Record Production Association co-founder, Betty Layton, SOCAN / BMI Canada, Allan MacMillan, Nimbus 9 / Canadian Independent Record Production Association co-founder, Al Mair, Early Morning Productions, Ben McPeek, Nimbus 9 / Canadian Independent Record Production Association co-founder, John Mills, SOCAN / CAPAC, Harold Moon, SOCAN / BMI Canada, Skip Prokop, Lighthouse, Jack Richardson, Nimbus 9 / Canadian Independent Record Production Association co-founder, Mel Shaw, music manager, Art Snider, Canadian Independent Record Production Association co-founder, Pierre Elliott Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada & Ritchie Yorke, Billboard / The Globe & Mail journalist. Rudy Blair Entertainemt Media rudyblairmedia.com speaks with Canadian Music Executive “Bernie Finkelstein” https://tinyurl.com/5f9t6r77 about his career, Radio CanCon, creating True North Records, managing many artists including Bruce Cockburn, the future of Canadian music and being part of the “Original 24 CanCon Visionaries Honoured at 2021 SOCAN Awards”.
(SOCAN Awards 2021 Announcement – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau https://tinyurl.com/fbrsy3w8 )